# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonard-johnston-wills
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:35:56.533Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonard-johnston-wills"
name: "Leonard Johnston Wills"
slug: "leonard-johnston-wills"
description: "Professor Leonard Johnston Wills – known as 'Jack' to friends and family – was one of the leading British geologists of his generation. He held the Chair of Geology at the University of Birmingham from 1932 to 1949, and received many honours including the Geological Society of London's highest award, the Wollaston Medal, in 1954."
tagline: "British geologist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1884-02-27"
deathDate: "1979-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Leonard Johnston Wills"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump